George Frideric Handel: A Belated Appreciation ~ The Imaginative Conservative

George Frideric Handel: A Belated Appreciation ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Though Handel continues to loom large in the world of classical music, he is valued for a small portion of his tremendous body of work—mainly “Messiah” and a handful of other pieces. But I continue to find fresh gems from this composer who, for all his fame, is not really all that well known. I came a bit late to the music of George Frideric Handel. Growing up as a classical music lover, I tended to take the great Saxon for granted. His Messiah …